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Church of Procopius of Ustyug in Neonilino

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40 km southeast of Shadrinsk, on the left bank of the Ichkina River, lies the village of Neonilino. According to legend, it was founded by a peasant woman named Neonila, who came here in ancient times with her nursing cow. She liked these untouched lands, with vast flood meadows, dense forests, and water bodies. Deciding that it was safe here, far from the nomadic steppes, she stayed. For a long time, the village founded by Neonila belonged to the Kondinsk village. Only on November 28, 1895, did the settlement become an independent parish, including the villages of Shiryayeva and Kashirceva. Due to the small number of parishioners, in 1899, the village of Titova was added to it, but soon it returned to its previous parish.

In 1884, the Orthodox residents of the village of Neonilino appealed to the diocesan authorities for permission to build a stone church. Permission was granted in 1886, and on May 27 of the same year, the ceremony for laying the church in honor of Blessed Procopius of Ustyug the Miracle Worker took place. The construction was funded by the villagers and nearby villages of Shiryayeva and Kashirceva, as well as some benefactors. By early 1891, the construction was completed, and on February 21, the church was consecrated. The iconostasis was transported from the Kondinsk church of Paraskeva, where it was not used due to the installation of a new one.

Thus, a stone, single-altar church appeared in the village of Neonilino. Due to the small number of parishioners, which by the end of the 19th century numbered 1,618 Orthodox and 621 dissenters, the church was not distinguished by luxury and sophistication of decoration.

The church was served by priest Grigory Pavlovich Uspensky, a graduate of the Perm Theological Seminary, and psalmist Dmitry Fedorovich Shishkin. There was also a small dilapidated chapel in honor of Procopius of Ustyug the Miracle Worker and a zemstvo primary school, as well as a church-parish school in the village of Titova. The legislator in both schools was the aforementioned G. Uspensky.

The fate of the church turned out to be sad. In the late 1920s, it was closed, used as a grain warehouse, and later dismantled for household needs.

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Церковь Прокопия Устюжского в Неонилинском

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